Publications

Authors:

Solitro, Ugo; Pasini, Margherita; DE GRADI, Debora; Brondino, Margherita

Title:

A Preliminary Investigation on Computational Abilities in Secondary School

Year:

2017

Type of item:

Contributo in atti di convegno

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in Atti di convegno

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Name of journal:

THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND GENERAL ISSUES

N° Volume:

10696

Congresso:

International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2017

Place:

Helsinki, Finland

Period:

November 13-15, 2017

:

Springer International Publishing

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

ISBN:

978-3-319-71482-0

Page numbers:

169-179

Keyword:

computational thinking, algorithmic thinking, problem solving, secondary school, computing education

Short description of contents:

For many years, several countries have been committed to the introduction of computer science and, more recently, computational thinking in primary and secondary schools. Nevertheless, students of the first year of university often encounter difficulties in dealing with introductory courses in computer science and, in particular, programming. One of the main issues is related to the difficulty of thinking about algorithmic solutions, a skill that should be acquired from secondary school. A good knowledge of difficulties and the discovery of efficient strategies to overcome them are vital tasks. In this work, we discuss a first step in this direction. We have prepared a brief test focused on the algorithmic abilities and other processes potentially involved with it. The idea is to build a useful tool that can give assistance to the introduction of computational thinking skills in secondary school education. The test has been proposed to a small sample of secondary school students, aged 11 to 16 and its outcomes analyzed.

Product ID:

100213

Handle IRIS:

11562/972500

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Solitro, Ugo; Pasini, Margherita; DE GRADI, Debora; Brondino, Margherita, A Preliminary Investigation on Computational Abilities in Secondary School in «THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND GENERAL ISSUES» vol. 10696 Springer International Publishing  in Informatics in Schools: Focus on Learning Programming , Springer International Publishing , Proceedings of "International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2017" , Helsinki, Finland , November 13-15, 2017 , 2017 , pp. 169-179

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